Saraband for Dead Lovers
Sophie Dorothea is a young woman forced into a loveless marriage with Prince George Louis of Hanover. George Louis is later crowned King George I of England. Despairing of ever experiencing true love, the depressed queen finds life at court no solace. Sophie then falls for a dashing Swedish soldier of fortune, Count Konigsmark.
Casts & Crew
Stewart Granger
Joan Greenwood
Flora Robson
Françoise Rosay
Frederick Valk
Peter Bull
Michael Gough
Megs Jenkins
Jill Balcon
David Horne
Mercia Swinburne
Cecil Trouncer
Noel Howlett
Barbara Leake
Miles Malleson
Rosemary Lang
Edward Sinclair
Allan Jeayes
Aubrey Mallalieu
Guy Rolfe
Anthony Quayle
Anthony Lang
Also Directed by Basil Dearden
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